Wabash County, IL Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Wabash county illinois dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,334	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	225	6.7
Kindergarten	147	4.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,435	43.0
High school (grades 9-12)	797	23.9
College or graduate school	730	21.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	8,627	100.0
Less than 9th grade	512	5.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,024	11.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,665	30.9
Some college, no degree	2,105	24.4
Associate degree	1,243	14.4
Bachelor's degree	719	8.3
Graduate or professional degree	359	4.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	82.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	10,433	100.0
Never married	2,239	21.5
Now married, except separated	6,224	59.7
Separated	101	1.0
Widowed	810	7.8
Female	672	6.4
Divorced	1,059	10.2
Female	573	5.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	205	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	121	59.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	9,805	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,562	15.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,977	100.0
With a disability	262	8.8

Population 21 to 64 years	7,003	100.0
With a disability	1,252	17.9
Percent employed	58.0	(X)
No disability	5,751	82.1
Percent employed	82.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,054	100.0
With a disability	781	38.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	12,191	100.0
Same house in 1995	7,671	62.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	4,489	36.8
Same county	2,717	22.3
Different county	1,772	14.5
Same state	820	6.7
Different state	952	7.8
Elsewhere in 1995	31	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	12,937	100.0
Native	12,844	99.3
Born in United States	12,820	99.1
State of residence	7,736	59.8
Different state	5,084	39.3
Born outside United States	24	0.2
Foreign born	93	0.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	20	0.2
Naturalized citizen	67	0.5
Not a citizen	26	0.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	93	100.0
Europe	33	35.5
Asia	23	24.7
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	27	29.0
Northern America	10	10.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	12,191	100.0
English only	11,829	97.0
Language other than English	362	3.0
Speak English less than 'very well	88	0.7
Spanish	166	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	43	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	183	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	40	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	7	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	5	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	12,937	100.0
Total ancestries reported	11,146	86.2
Arab	6	0.0
Czech¹	4	0.0
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	266	2.1
English	1,358	10.5
French (except Basque)¹	428	3.3
French Canadian¹	7	0.1
German	3,504	27.1
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	1,393	10.8
Italian	147	1.1
Lithuanian	13	0.1
Norwegian	59	0.5
Polish	58	0.4
Portuguese	20	0.2
Russian	16	0.1
Scotch-Irish	132	1.0
Scottish	217	1.7
Slovak	10	0.1
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	132	1.0
Swiss	40	0.3
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	1,919	14.8
Welsh	51	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,366	10.6

(X) Not applicable.
¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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